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New nuclear: a blueprint for low-carbon energy?

Rob Smith | Added: 5 Sep 2016

The development of new nuclear plants will play a major role in the UK’s future energy mix as low-c…

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Smart energy revolution ‘fanciful nonsense’

Added: 5 Sep 2016

Energy workers’ union GMB has dismissed claims by National Grid that winter blackouts could be avoi…

Xylem pumps and mixers aid biogas production

Xylem Water Solutions | Added: 1 Sep 2016

The Xylem range of mixers and pumps are designed for substrate mixing and pumping during biogas pro…

Case study: water utility pump crisis resolved by rapid repair

Added: 22 Aug 2016

Engineering services firm completes quick fix for catastrophic pump failure.

Yorkshire Water hit with £350k sewage leak fine

Added: 18 Aug 2016

Yorkshire Water has been handed a £350,000 fine after sewage was illegally discharged into Rud Beck…

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Horizon to fire up nuclear skills centre

Added: 12 Aug 2016

Horizon Nuclear Power has announced plans to invest £1 million in a new engineering centre at the G…

EEF enlists Oracle for next ‘industrial revolution’

Added: 2 Aug 2016

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has teamed with cloud application specialist Oracle, to help …

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Fresh delays hit Hinkley Point

Added: 29 Jul 2016

The government has announced plans to review the go-ahead of Hinkley Point nuclear plant just hours…

Funding carbon capture an ‘urgent priority’

Added: 28 Jul 2016

Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) is essential to meeting the global warming limits established in the…

Severn Trent slugged with £426k fine for sewage leak

Added: 27 Jul 2016

Severn Trent Water has been fined £426,000 for a series of incidents where crude sewage leaked into…

Thirst for skills spurs action in water sector

Added: 26 Jul 2016

Senior water and environment industry figures have developed an action plan to address concerns ove…

United Utilities fined £600k for toxic spill

Added: 21 Jul 2016

United Utilities Water (UU) has been fined £600,000 after a highly corrosive bleach was released in…

Demise of DECC may spark investor ‘concern’

Added: 20 Jul 2016

Questions over energy and environmental commitments have flowed in the wake of the government’s dec…

Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens

Added: 19 Jul 2016

Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…

Water for reuse: how filtration is cleaning up

Added: 18 Jul 2016

For small-scale operations, filtration can offer an efficient way of handling process water for reu…

Graduate innovators given helping hand

Added: 13 Jul 2016

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has awarded four enterprise fellowships to graduate entrep…

Viewpoint: all fired up for water waste debate

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Waste handlers must now plan for the impact of water they discharge to fight a major fire, writes H…

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Unions call for Hinkley Point decision

Added: 1 Jul 2016

Trade unions in the UK have urged EDF Energy to make a "timely" final investment decision over the …

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

Added: 30 Jun 2016

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and the French Nuclear Society have committed to work togeth…

Discovery Park biomass plant

Biomass to power science park

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Construction of a new £140 million biomass plant has begun at science and technology innovation cen…